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4.3. SR 06-26-2000"ity of River MEMORANDUM Item #4.3. TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor & City Council Alice Heinecke, Executive Secretary June 26, 2000 Proposals for Sale & Removal of House and Shed Proposals for the sale and removal of the house and shed located at 18513 Twin Lakes Road will be received until 10 a.m., June 26. Any proposals received will be presented to the City Council on Monday evening. 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 FOR SALE House and Shed The City of Elk River is accepting proposals for the sale and removal of a house and a shed located at 18513 Twin Lakes Road NW, Elk River, M~nnesota. Proposals will be received until 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 26, 2000. Condition of the sale is that the buildings must be removed from the property by July 10, 2000. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining all necessary moving perm{ts and for providing liability insurance. For more information please contact City Engineer Terry Maurer at Elk River City Hall, 13065 Orono Parkway, Elk River, MN, 55330, (763) 441-7420. s:\ aclmln\4salehou, doc Item 4.3.a Howard R, Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS June 22, 2000 File: 800110J-0081 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, Minnesota 55330 RE: CSAH 13/TYLER STREET ISSUES CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA Dear Council Members: As requested, I have put together some of the history regarding the decision to cul-de- sac old CSAH 13 once the new Tyler Street alignment is open and connected to CSAH 12. The origins of this decision making process go back over two years and include many variables. First, we considered the traffic study prepared for Elk River Crossing, the plat which will contain Home Depot and Walmart. The traffic projections for that development estimate that there will be 17,400 vehicles per day entering and exiting the site at the Main Street/CSAH 12 intersection with CSAH 13. This led City staff to conclude that it was important to keep as much traffic away from the Main Street/Trunk Highway (TH) 169 as possible. Essentially, if we get traffic that does not need to be in this area to bypass it, we would improve the operation of the intersection since there would be a substantial amount of new traffic that wants to be in this area because of the commercial/industrial opportunities. Second of all, through the design and layout process, the consideration was that traffic even wanting to access TH 169 via Main Street would be better off entering onto Main Street/CSAH 12 at a point much further to the east. The reason for this consideration is because once the traffic is on CSAH 12/Main Street headed westerly toward TH 169 they would have a longer period of time to make their decisions relative to which lanes they need to be in at the intersection of TH 169. An analysis of the movements from westbound Main Street at TH 169 indicated that the smallest movement was a right turn to northbound TH 169. The left turn to southbound TH 169 and the through movement to westbound Main Street were substantially higher than the right turn to northbound TH 169. Ltr-~)62100--City Council--CSAH 13&Tyler 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 o 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 The Honorable Mayor and City Council June 22, 2000 Page 2 Another variable in this whole decision making process was the thought that the County should take over at least a portion of the new Tyler Street construction. At one point in time, the thought was that the entire new roadway from TH 10 at 171st all the way up to the tie-in point with the existing CSAH 13 should be put on the County State Aid Highway system. This thought was based on the amount of traffic the road was expected to carry once development occurred along its corridor. The twenty-year projection for Tyler Street traffic is approximately twenty thousand vehicle trips per day. Obviously, this would be one of the busiest--if not the busiest--City streets and would be substantially more highly traveled than some of the County roads within the City. As we pursued the potential turnback to the County further, it became obvious that Sherburne County would not be able to take the entire stretch of Tyler Street because of limitations put on by their State Aid system. However, we were able to negotiate an exchange of the new Tyler Street north of CSAH 12 for a turnback to the City of the old CSAH 13 alignment from CSAH 12 north to the intersection where Tyler Street meets CSAH 13. This negotiation was concluded with resolutions passed by both the County Board and the City Council requesting State Aid designations on the portions of roadway they would take back from the other party. With this turnback of roads accomplished on paper, the City was then free to begin the planning process for dealing with the turnback CSAH 13. At this point, City staff began to look at the traffic patterns and potential long-term land uses in this old CSAH 13 corridor. The City planning staff at that time felt that the area would redevelop over time as a commercial area closest to CSAH 12 and more of an industrial area further removed from CSAH 12. With these types of uses, transportation connections to TH 169 were important; however, staff still felt it was extremely important to not allow traffic from North CSAH 12 to shortcut through this area. This drove the decision to break the road or cul-de-sac it north of 5th Street. If a cul-de-sac were constructed between 5th Street and CSAH 12, there would be a shortcut in place leading through the old liquor store parking lot. This shortcut would be very detrimental to the operation of the intersection of Main Street and TH 169 because of the additional conflicts it would interject into a left and right turn lane situation. One of the other issues that was considered in this decision making process was emergency vehicle access or the increased trip time for these vehicles. Essentially, the trip along Main Street and north on CSAH 13 was increased by approximately one-half mile. Discussions were held with Bruce West, Fire Chief, and Tom Zerwas, Police Chief, relative to the trip times for emergency vehicles. Bruce was most interested in what was being proposed because his trips are typically originating at a set point--that being the Fire Station. The Police Chief was less concerned with the changes because his trips can originate from anywhere in the City, and arguably, some trips would be longer with the new roadway configuration while others would be shorter. Ltr-~62100--City Council--CSAH 13&Tyler Howard R, Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEER8 The Honorable Mayor and City Council June 22, 2000 Page 3 Bruce West felt that the increased travel time for an emergency vehicle with this new alignment and proposed cul-de-sac on CSAH 13 would be less than a minute. It should also be noted that the intersection of Main Street with old CSAH 13 is planned to be signalized immediately since this is the main entrance to the Elk River Crossing area. With the new signalization, emergency vehicle preemption will be installed. This should make the emergency trips through this area safer. It is anticipated that in the future the intersection of CSAH 12 with Tyler Street would need to be signalized at which time emergency vehicle preemption would also be installed at this location. Some additional variables that were considered--although somewhat minor to the whole decision making process--included the fact that, by connecting existing CSAH 13 to Tyler Street, drivers headed for TH 10 would be trained not to access the intersection of Main Street and TH 169, but instead to follow Tyler Street to the south and access TH 10 at 171st for a trip eastbound on TH 10 to Anoka. Thus, removing vehicle trips from the intersection of Main Street and TH 169. The other consideration was that, as the area north of CSAH 12 on the old CSAH 13 alignment redeveloped, there would be more conflicting movements in this area for traffic on CSAH 13 to deal with if a cul-de- sac was not constructed. As an example, Mulvaney Point Development, just north of CSAH 12 on CSAH 13 is planned to contain the new post office plus four additional lots. You can imagine the number of trips in and out of this area which would be added just by the post office at certain times of the day or days of the week. Likewise, connecting old CSAH 13 to Tyler Street would add another access point on Tyler Street that would need a median break. This median break would add another potential conflict point as vehicles attempt to make a turn across four lanes of traffic. The one trip that will be most negatively impacted would be a southbound trip on CSAH 13 headed for the businesses along Dodge Avenue in Barrington Place. This is a strip which contains McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken. This negativity was considered by staff, but we felt that it was a small price to pay for trying to improve the traffic situation for significantly more trips in the Main Street/TH 169 area. The one negative impact if the City Council were to not cul-de-sac CSAH 13 but direct that at the tie into the new Tyler Street alignment would be that it would preclude George Deschenes from building a new facility to house his business near the location of his existing home. Currently, there will be an area of 0.85 acres of buildable land available for Mr. Deschenes for constructing a new building. Mr. Deschenes has already received a variance from the Planning Commission to construct a building in this location. It should be noted that negotiations with the City over the acquisition of this land to construct this building are not complete at this point in time. Ltr-A362100-~City CounciI-CSAH13&Tyler Howard R, Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS The Honorable Mayor and City Council June 22, 2000 Page 4 One final consideration is the cost of such a change to the construction. We have estimated using Latour Construction bid prices that the added cost to connect old CSAH 13 to Tyler Street would be approximately $60,000. In conclusion, the construction of a cul-de-sac on CSAH 13 will increase the length of the trip on southbound CSAH 13 to westbound CSAH 12 by approximately a half a mile. Given this small inconvenience to these trips created by a cul-de-sac and given the additional conflicts and confusion at the intersection of Main Street and TH 169 if old CSAH 13 is connected to Tyler Street, I would strongly recommend that the plan to cul- de-sac CSAH 13 remain in place. I will be in attendance at your meeting on June 26, 2000, and prepared to make a brief presentation on these various issues and then answer any questions the City Council or Public may have. Sincerely, Howard R. Green Company Terry J. Maurer, P.E. Ltr-q;)62100--City Council--CSAH13&Tyler Howard R, Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS ;T. June 20, 2000 5:42:54 p.m. C:~RKM~TYLER_CSAH 13- EX.DWG 0 800 COUNTY ROAD NO. 15 OPTIONS CiLy of ~ Elk ~iver EXHIBIT 1 ;T. POTENTIAL GEORGE DESCHENE BUILDING SITE June 20, 2000 5:42:54 p.m. C:~RKM~TYLER_CSAH 15- EX.DWG I / I I 0 800 Howard R. Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS COUNTY ROAD NO. 15 OPTIONS City of,~ Elk ~iver EXHIBIT 2 Item 4.3.b, Howard R, Green Gompany QONSULTING ENGINEERS June 21, 2000 File: 806550J-0060 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, Minnesota 55330 RE: 175TM AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA Dear Council Members: As you are aware, we have been planning for the upgrade of 175th Avenue between Tyler Street and Fillmore Street in the Summer of 2001. This project was postponed until 2001 because of the Sherburne County upgrading of CSAH 12 in calendar year 2000. It would be virtually impossible to have both these roads under construction at the same time. Given this situation, staff is concerned that CSAH 12 may not be substantially complete by the Fall of 2000. It is already the third week of June, and as of today's date, Sherburne County has not set a letting date for this project. Therefore, staff is proposing that the 175th Avenue improvements be delayed until the 2002 construction season. The City has received a TEA 21 grant for the 175th Avenue improvements. I believe that a simple letter to the State Aid Engineer will allow us to push the grant into the next fiscal year. The worst that would happen is that CSAH 12 gets finished and there is a one-year lag between the CSAH 12 project and the reconstruction of 175th Avenue. I have discussed this briefly with Phil Hals, and he feels confident that he can maintain the road in a reasonable driving condition for one more season. If you have any questions regarding this issues, I will be in attendance at your June 26th, 2000, City Council meeting. Sincerely, Howard R. Green Company Terry J. ,l(/l~urer, P.E. \\SPNWFS\VOL1\DATA\PROJ\806550j\0060\Ltr--062100--Mayor and Council--175 Avenue doc 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 DRAFT FOR SALE House and Shed The City of Elk River is accepting proposals for the sale and removal of a house and a shed located at 18513 Twin Lal~es Road NW, Elk River, Minnesota. Proposals will be received until 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 26, 2000. Condition of the sale is that the buildings must be removed from the property by July 10, 2000. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining all necessary moving permits and for providing liability insurance. For more infomation please contact City Engineer Terry Maurer at Elk River City Hall, 13065 Orono Parkway, Elk River, MI~, 55330, (763) {{1-7420. /D °° ! s: \ admin\4salehou, doc